Adopt-A-Family

ECCO’s 17th annual Adopt-A-Family program officially kicked off on Monday, November 4, 2024.

Each year, with the support of the community, the Adopt-A-Family program helps to brighten the holiday season for more than 500 children living in the East Cooper communities. Generous donors sign up to adopt a local family and purchase items from their wish list. With ECCO’s help, those gifts are given to local families for children to open on December 25th.

In 2023, our Adopt-A-Family program reached 251 local families, with 531 children living in those homes!

To begin, click the ADOPT button below to begin. Once you sign up and select your family, you’ll receive a confirmation email with your family’s complete wish list. Then, you can begin shopping and spreading holiday cheer!

Once you’ve shopped, gifts can be dropped off at ECCO’s Santa’s Closet – our little winter wonderland where the gifts are stored, sorted, and picked up by the adopted families, along with wrapping paper and stocking stuffers.

The location will be open from December 3rd until December 12th. Please be on the lookout for more details to follow on the Mount Pleasant location.

We’re hopeful to count you in our holiday circle of support.

For more information or if you have any questions about Adopt a Family, please contact Suzanne Redford by phone at (843) 416-7142 or by email at sredford@eccocharleston.org.

Unable to adopt an entire family, but still want to be involved?
Visit our Amazon wish list to help us fill in the gaps for our Adopt a Family program. Click here to see the list.

You can also contribute by providing wrapping supplies (wrapping paper, tape, bows, tags, tissue, Christmas bags, and boxes).

If you’d rather contribute directly to ECCO’s holiday initiatives, click here to learn more and make your tax-deductible donation.

Thank you in advance for supporting the 17th annual Adopt-A-Family program and brightening the lives of hundreds of children (and parents) on December 25th.